From The Cork Examiner, 15 August 1861 - A SAD OCCURRENCE.--On Wednesday last, a very respectable farmer, named Thomas Quinn, of Rathkenny, was in Clonmel, where he had just received through the agent, James Shee, Esq., a new lease for his holding for 90 years. He returned with the glad tidings to his family, and being somewhat heated, he called for a glass of whiskey before going to dinner. Unfortunately, in the same press with the spirits was a bottle of corrosive sublimate, which was used as a sheep wash, and the party complying with his request, mistook one bottle for the other, and gave him the latter, which he at once swallowed. Medical attendance was procured as speedily as possible, but a considerable time necessarily elapsed before the arrival of the doctor. The poor fellow has since been suffering most acutely, and, notwithstanding the vigilant care and attention of Doctors Crean and Burgess, we are sorry to hear to-day that scarcely a hope is entertained of his recovery.--Tipperary Free Press. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -